MACDONALD, George. Autograph letter signed to the Rev James Craik refusing an invitation in Glasgow as he has already agreed to stay elsewhere. Creation dates: 18 Dec 1869
SLAVERY. 2 Autograph letters signed from a steward, John Jaques, written from Jamaica, to William Philp [sic] Perrin, reporting on the management of Perrin's sugar plantations, including the purchase of slaves and land from Doctor James McVicar; 5 Jan and 16 Jul 1796. Creation dates: Jan-Jul 1796
SLAVERY. Manuscript account document, handled by the solicitors English & Eskrigge on behalf of the estate of the Antiguan merchant Oliver Birch Esq., for the sale of a slave named Hope. Creation dates: 1786
RICKETTS, Charles (1866-1931). SHANNON, Charles (1863-1937). 7 Autograph letters signed and 4 autograph postcards signed from Ricketts, and 3 autograph cards signed from Shannon, all to the Irish artist and collector Cecil French (1879-1953), discussing art, artists, travel and relationships. ...
WILDE, Oscar. Autograph letter signed, written at the Windsor Hotel, to Mrs Stephenson asking her to 'accept a copy of my poems in memory of the charming evening I had the privilege of passing at your house'. Creation dates: Undated
1) DU MAURIER, Daphne. Autograph letter signed to Foy Quiller-Couch; [1929?]. 2) DU MAURIER, Daphne. Autograph letter signed to Foy Quiller-Couch; Thursday [no year]. 3) DODGSON, Charles [Lewis Carroll]. Autograph letter signed to Mabel Burton; 24 Dec 1879. 4) GAMBINO, Carlo. Cheque signed by Gam...
[LITURGY]. MISSAL. A complete leaf (from a missal containing feasts for Saint Sebastian, Saint Agnes and SS Vincent and Anastasius), with double columns in two sizes of a late romanesque liturgical script, recovered from use as an archival wrapper. Probably German. Creation dates: [Late 12th c...
[LITURGY WITH MUSICAL NOTATION]. BREVIARY. Lower half of a leaf of a breviary, with neumes, with readings for the fourth Sunday in Lent, with double columns. From the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps. Probably recovered from use as an Oxford binding. Produced in England. Creation dates: [Mid-...
Manuscript Commonplace Book, known (since 1985) as Edmond Halley's Commonplace Book, an attribution with no real foundation, and probably based on a misunderstanding, written in a number of hands, on literary and scientific topics ranging from religion and science to carpentry, fishing and the E...